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I UNITEDSTATES PATENT SOLOMON SCOTT, OF PAOLI, INDIANA.

, CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,816, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

' Application filed July 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON SO01T,acitizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Paoli, in the county of Orange and State ofIndiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in OarCouplers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to car-couplers; and it consists in certainfeatures hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in theclaims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a front elevation, and Fig. 3 acentral vertical section, of a carcoupler constructed according to myinvention.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents the body of a car, and B a bracket secured to the topthereof and adapted to support a roller, 0, over which passes a chain,D, provided with a ring, cl, which chain is designed to be connected tothe coupling-pin E, and thus, by means of the chain D, it may bewithdrawn from the coupler, as hereinafter described, and secured in awithdrawn po sition by placing the ring 02 of the chain over the rearupwardly-bent extension, (2, of the bracket 13, as shown.

Attached to the chain D, near the top of the car, and being led overrollers, may be another chain or cord ground.

The draw-bar F is recessed atff for the reception of the coupling-link,the partition between the recesses being perforated for the passage ofthe pin, as also is the lower wall of the lower recess. Upon the face ofthe draw-bar is a frame, G, which incloses the recesses f f, and issupported in a recess of the face of the draw-bar by means of four rods,g, whereby the frame is adapted to reciprocate in and out of the recessin the face of the draw-bar, and when within the recess the outer faceof the frame lies flush with or a little back of the face of thedraw-bar. The upper pair of rods 9 exfor uncoupling the cars from thetends directly backward to a lever, H, the bifurcated ends h of whichembrace the drawbar and are pivoted thereto at h. Against the upper endof the lever a spring, I, presses, said spring being secured in anysuitable man nor to the draw-bar so as to permitof its longitudinalreciprocation inits bearings, as usual. The lower pair of rods 9 extendto the rear and connect with the lever J, pivoted to the drawbar at j,and from the upper ends of said levers (one only being shown, therebeing two, one upon each side of the draw-bar or draw-head) extend tworods, g, which are pivoted to the lower ends of the bifurcated arms ofthe le- Hver H.

At the upper end of the lever B is pivotally secured a locking-bar, K,which passes through the draw-head and into the channel or path of thecoupling-pin, said pinbeing notched at e for the reception of the end ofthe bar K;

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: Whenever bymeans of the chain or otherwise the coupling-pin is elevated, as shown,the spring I forces the lever H and bar K to the front, inserting thebar into the depression e of the coupling-pin, whereby it is retained orset ready for coupling. This forward movement of the upper end of thelever H operates through the means of the rods 9 and levers J to throwthe frame G to the front also, so that it projects beyond the face ofthe draw-bar. When an approaching car, with its link in position,strikes the frame G said frame is depressed within its recess, andthrough the medium of the connecting-rods the upper end of the lever His thrown to the rear, drawing with it the locking-bar K, and the pinfalls by gravity, securing the link of the approaching carin position.

By use of two recesses a draw-bar is provided which is adapted toreceive and couple cars of different heights.

By means of inserting the connecting-link J a movement is secured in thelower links like that of the upper, in both directions, so that thelever H is operated in the manner desired, whether the force be appliedat the bottom of the frame G or at the top, or at both bottom and topsimultaneously, said operation occurring at these points while conplin gcars of different heights.

Having described my invention and its opbar F, provided with thebifurcated lever H, oration, what I claim as new, and desire tolocking-bar K, spring I, rods 9 g g, levers J, secure by Letters Patent,isand frame Gr, substantially as shown and de- 1. In a car-coupler, adraw-bar provided scribed. 15

5 with a recessed face, and a frame adapted to fit In testimony whereofI affix my signature in said recess and supported by rods, thecombipresence of two witnesses. nation of the rods 9 g, the bifurcatedlever H,

the links J, the rod g, the locking-bar K, and SOLOMON SCOTT the pin E,substantially as shown and described. Witnesses: IO 2. The combinationof the chain D, bracket JOHN W. BROWNE,

B, wheel 0, and notched pin E, with the draw WILLIAM TEAFORD.

